A Modest Hero (1913)
Overview
It is house cleaning time. Mother-in-law leaves, but insists that husband must be put to work, but husband hires a man, while he goes fishing. Our hero substitutes himself for the cleaner and appears to rob the lady of her silver. He is kept too busy, and later proves a hero in spite of himself by rescuing the fair young housewife from the drunken cleaner, who walks in late.
Cast
Walter Miller
The Husband
Lillian Gish
The Wife
Charles Hill Mailes
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Charles West
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